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We are preparing exceptional students to perform in every imaginable sphere of life. We offer options and opportunities. Write a thesis; complete a creative project; explore a topic of interest with more depth and independence than in a typical class. Choose to help shape your curriculum in ways not possible in other academic units.

The Honors Curriculum

The Honors curriculum is intended to be highly personal. Students work with an Honors advisor to meet their Honors College requirements, select courses, and plan for future educational, personal, and professional endeavors.

Honors courses are offered from across individual departments at Kent
State University and are taught by the faculty in those departments.
Just what makes a course “Honors” depends on the content and the faculty
member’s approach to a topic, but all Honors courses are intended to
provide extensive student-faculty interaction and engagement among top
students.

The Honors College permits students to create a 1 credit hour experience
(HONR 30096/40096) in association with a non-Honors course. The goal of
this project is to provide students with an enriched educational
experience through a course in the major or other field of interest.
This project may only be added to 3-credit-hour, standard-letter-graded,
upper-division, non-Honors courses.

Individual Honors Work

Individual Honors Work (HONR 20096/30096/40096) provides students an
opportunity to complete independent study (1-4 credit hours) under the
direction of an instructor. The goal of this project is to provide
students with an enriched educational experience in the major or other
field of interest not typically covered in the standard curriculum.

The Senior Portfolio is a graded one- credit-hour project which involves
the collection of 8-10 artifacts from a student's undergraduate career
accompanied by a reflective paper that explains how each artifact
contributed to the student's intellectual and/or personal growth.

The Senior Honors Thesis/Project is an optional six-credit-hour
experience that may be completed in addition to the required 24 credit
hours of Honors work. Under the guidance of a faculty advisor, students
develop an individualized research, creative, or applied project
tailored to their unique interests. Students who complete the Senior
Honors Thesis/Project may graduate with Honors.

Students may also apply to join the Honors College for the sole purpose of completing the Senior Honors Thesis/Project.

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